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• Who has recently been selected as the Coach for Pakistan Cricket Team?

o Mickey Arthur
(B) Geoff Lawson
(C) Bob Woolmer
(D) Dave Whitmore

• The second (OIC) Islamic Summit Conference was held in Lahore in

________?

o 1972
(B) 1974
(C) 1975
(D) 1976

• Hazrat Imam Hussain’s (A.S) title was ________?

o Shabbir
(B) Shabbar
(C) Saifullah
(D) None of these

• What was the name of Hazrat Umar‘s (R. A) daughter who became the
fourth wife of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
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o Hazrat Hafsa (RA)
(8) Hazrat Zainab (R.A)
(C) Hazrat Safiya (R.A)
(D) Hazrat Maimoona (R.A)

• After the succession of East Pakistan to Bangladesh, General Yahya Khan,

CMLA, resigned on ________?

o 17 Dec. 1971
(B) 18 Dec. 1971
(C) 19 Dec. 1971
(D) 20 Dec 1971

• According to 1973, Constitution Governor of a Province is appointed by?

o President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Provincial Assembly
(D) Chief Minister

• If two angles of a triangle are 60 degrees each the what is the value of the
third angle?

o 45 degrees
(B) 50 degrees
(C) 60 degrees
(D) 65 degrees
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• The uncle of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Hazrat Hamza (R.A)
embraced Islam in ________?

o 4th Nabvi
(B) 5th Nabvi
(C) 6th Nabvi
(D) 7th Nabvi

• Following devastating floods, Pakistan, on 24 May 2016, dispatched relief

goods and a mobile hospital to which country in South Asia?

o Maldives
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Nepal

• Pakistan has recently applied to become a member of the NSG. What does
NSG stand for?

o Nuclear Suppliers Group

(B) Nuclear Support Group
(C) Nuclear-Strategic Group
(D) Non-Nuclear Suppliers Group

• Who has written the famous national song “Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhe”?

o Sufi Tabbasum
(B) Jamil-ud-Din Aali
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(C) Masroor Anwar
(D) Ahmad Faraz

• What is the common name for Sodium Chloride?

o Salt
(B) Baking Soda
(C) Chalk
(D) Vinegar

• What is the Antonym of Virtue?

o Variable
(B) Fraud
(C) Crime
(D) Vice

• Who was the first person to be awarded the Nishan-e-Haider?

o Maj. Raja Aziz Bhatti

(B) Capt. Raja Muhammad Sarwar
(C) Maj. Shabbir Sharif
(D) Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas

• The Urdu-Hindi controversy is said to be the forerunner of the Two Nation

Theory. When did this controversy begin?

o 1857
(B) 1860
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(C) 1862
(D) 1867

• Sir Sikandar Hayat became Chief Minister of the Punjab in?

(A) 1937
(B) 1929
(C) 1946
(D) 1935

• The financial year of Pakistan closes on?

(A) December 31
(B) March 31
(C) June 30
(D) September 30

• 3.The normal temperature of the human body as?

(A) 98.6 F
(B) 96.4 F
(C) 93.4 F
(D) 100 F

• World Population Day is celebrated on?

(A) 11th July
(B) 11th June
(C) 11th May
(D) None of these
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• What is the common name for sodium chloride?
(A) Acid
(B) Qalmi shora
(C) Gandhak
(D) Salt

• How many countries are presently members of the Non-Aligned Movement?

(A) 100
(B) 120
(C) 125
(D) 150

• Secretary-General UNO Ban-ki Moon belongs to ________?

(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Japan
(D) China

• Currently there are _________ member states of the United Nations ?

(A) 190
(B) 193
(C) 196
(D) 197

• Currently _________ countries hold the status of Observer States in the

United Nations ?
(A) 2
(B) 3
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(C) 4
(D) 5

• There are ________ members of SAARC.

(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8

• ________ is the largest Island of Pakistan near Karachi ?

(A) Kemari
(B) Kalachi
(C) Manora
(D) None of these

• Pakistan shares its borders with __________ neighboring countries?

(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2

• Biman is the airline of?

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) None of these
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• ___________ is the nearest planet to Earth?
(A) Venus
(B) Mars
(C) Jupiter
(D) None of these

• The distance between the Earth and Sun during winter?

(A) Increases
(B) decreases
(C) remains the same
(D) fluctuates

• If 2ˣ = 32, what is x²?

(A) 22
(B) 25
(C) 45
(D) 35

• 100 + 4/7=?
(A) 176
(B) 126
(C) 226
(D) 146

• If x- 4 = 11, then what is the value of x-8?

(A) 3
(B) 5
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(C) 9
(D) 7

• What is halfway between 103 and 301?

(A) 199
(B) 200
(C) 201
(D) 202

• A box of chocolate bars costs Rs. 32 (inclusive of 10% sales tax). and there are
16 bars in one box. What is the price (excluding 10% sales tax) for one
chocolate bar?
(A) Rs.2
(B) Rs.1.8
(C) Rs.1.50
(D) Rs.1.25

• Which Pakistani prime minister visited China first?

(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi
(C) Khawaja Nizamuddin
(D) Muhammad Ali Bogra

• Mullah Do Piazza was a?

(A) Religious reformist in Shah Jahan’s era
(B) Akbar’s chief advisor and one of Navratnas
(C) A mystical character of Taslesm Hosharba
(D) None of these
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• Pakistan recognized China in which year?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951

• What is Tilla Jogian?

(A) Is a peak in Sulman Range
(B) Finds mention in epic love poem Heer Ranjha of Waris Shah
(C) Is the place where Buddha is said to have spent 40 days in quiet seclusion
(D) All of the above

• Which bank provided 80 million loans for making the 1st budget of Pakistan?
(A) UBL
(B) NB
(C) MCB
(D) Habib Bank

• Who wrote, “Mingling of two Oceans” (Majma-ul-Bahrain)?

(A) Prince Muhammad Dara Shikoh
(B) Mujadid-Alf-Saani
(C) Sheikh Sirhindi
(D) None of the above

• When the banks were nationalized in Pakistan?

(A) 1971
(B) 1972
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(C) 1973
(D) 1974

• Where is Kallar Kahar situated?

(A) Sialkot
(B) Chakwal
(C) Murree
(D) Jehlum

• ‘Qantas’ is the name of the airline of?

(A) Russia
(B) Australia
(C) Malaysia
(D) Germany

• Which is the longest river in the world?

(A) Nile
(B) Amazon
(C) Volga
(D) Mississippi

• Portuguese East Africa is the old name of?

(A) Mozambique
(B) Taiwan
(C) Somalia
(D) None of these
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• Which is the second largest landlocked country in the world?
(A) Magnolia
(B) Sudan
(C) Switzerland
(D) Chad

• Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System?

(A) Jupiter
(B) Mercury
(C) Uranus
(D) Venus

• Which is the most abundantly found metal on the Earth’s surface?

(A) Aluminium
(B) Zinc
(C) Iron
(D) Silicon

• What is the total area of FATA?

(A) 28572 sq km
(B) 27,220 sq km
(C) 28225 sq km
(D) 28925 sq km

• Name the bird having very weak eyesight?

(A) Kiwi
(B) Ostrich
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(C) Seagull
(D) Peacock

• Behman and Bismillah Airlines belong to which country?

(A) Bangladesh
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England

• West Virginia is the name of the airline of _______?

(A) USA
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) England

• Siachen, Batoro and Chomolungma glaciers are situated in which Mountain

range?
(A) Himalaya
(B) Karakoram
(C) Hindu Kush
(D) Sulaiman

• The greatest depth of water surface is about 10,900 metres at the Mariana
trench. It is located in the _______?
(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) Antarctica Ocean
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• What is the name of Rome Airport (Italy)?
(A) Subang
(B) Leonardo da Vinci
(C) Dorval
(D None of the Above

• Which is the biggest fresh-water take in the world?

(A) Chilka Lake
(B) Caspian Lake
(C) Dal Lake
(D) Lake Superior

• The world’s busiest inland waterway is ________?

(A) St. Lawrence
(B) Suez
(C) Rhine
(D) Danube

• Which is the largest animal in the world?

(A) Blue Whale
(B) Rhinoceros
(C) Hippopotamus
(D) Elephant

• Name the youngest elected president of USA?

(A) Henry Truman
(B) John F. Kennedy
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(C) Andrew Jackson
(D) None of these

• Name the youngest president of USA who was vice president but had to take
over after the assassination of President William McKinley?
(A) Theodore Roosevelt
(B) John F. Kennedy
(C) John Jackson
(D) John Taylor

• Which mountain range is also known as “Roof of the World”?

(A) Pamir (Tibet)
(B) Lhasa (Tibet)
(C) Alappuzha (India)
(D) None of the above

• “Sorrow of China” is the nickname of which river?

o Yangtze-Hang
(B) River Hwang Ho
(C) Long Sea
(D) Cling King

• Knesset is the parliament of which country?

(A) Ireland
(B) Israel
(C) Mexico
(D) USA
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• Name the country with the longest defence budget?
(A) Russia
(B) China
(C) USA
(D) UK

• Which is the largest district of Pakistan?

(A) Bahawalpur
(B) Lahore
(C) Karachi
(D) Khuzdar

• Which is the largest jungle in Pakistan?

(A) Changa Manga
(B) Junpur
(C) Chitral
(D) Chichawatni

• “The Myth of Independence” is written by?

(A) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
(B) G Allana
(C) GW. Chaudhry
(D) K.K Aziz

• “Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah, The Story of a Nation” is written by ________?

(A) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(B) G.W. Chaudhry
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(C) G. Allana
(D) K. Ali

• “The Last Days of United Pakistan” is written by_____?

(A) G.W Chaudhry
(B) Ahmad Mushtaq
(C) Dr. Waheed Qureshi
(D) Chaudhry Muhammad Ahsan

• In which year Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the International
Committee of the Red Cross?
(A) 1917
(B) 1944
(C) 1963
(D) All of these

• Which of the following is the power resource mineral?

(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Limestone
(D) Copper

• Which of the following places is famous for Bauxite?

(A) Hazara
(B) Chitral
(C) Potwar plateau
(D) None of these
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• Which is the smallest sea in the world?
(A) Red Sea
(B) North Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea
(D) Baltic Sea

• Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

(A) Venus
(B) Neptune
(C) Mars
(D) None of these

• The last ruler of Bahawalpur State was?

(A) Shahuddin Abbasi
(B) Ameer Sadiq Muhammad V
(C) Sardar Mahmud Khan
(D) Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi IV

• The first Pakistani Prime Minister to visit China was?

(A) Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) Khwaja Nazimuddin
(C) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
(D) Hossain Shaheed Suharwardy

• Which Bank gave a Rs.80 million loan to the Government of Pakistan on

the request of Quaid-e-Azam when the Reserve Bank of India failed to deliver
Pakistan’s share?
(A) National Bank of Pakistan
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(B) Habib Bank Limited
(C) United Bank Limited
(D) Muslim Commercial Bank

• All private banks were nationalized by the Government of Pakistan in?

(A) 1947
(B) 1965
(C) 1971
(D) 1974

• The foundation stone of the Sikhism’s holiest place “Golden Temple” at

Amritsar was laid by?
(A) Guru Nanak Devji
(B) Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz
(C) Acharya Rakeshprasad Pande
(D) Hazrat Mian Mir

• 28th May is celebrated each year as “Yaum-e-Takbeer” because of which

Incident?
(A) Kargil conflict between india and Pakistan commended
(B) Nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan
(C) Ojhri Camp incident took place at Rawalpindi
(D) Uprising erupted in Kashmir against Indian occupation

• McMahon’s Line is the border between?

(A) iran and Uzbekistan
(B) Pakistan and China
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(C) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(D) India and China

• The world’s longest river is?

(A) Nile
(B) Amazon
(C) Yangtze
(D) Mississippi

• The capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China is?

(A) Kashgar
(B) Aksi
(C) Urumqi
(D) Hogan

• Mullah Do Piaza was?

(A) a mythical character from the epic “Talism-e-Hoshruba”
(B) one of the nine gems from the court of Emperor Akbar
(C) a leader of a religious movement in East Bengal
(D) the architect who first introduced piazza spaces in front of buildings

• The main constituent of Sui Gas is?

(A) Methane
(B) Sulphur
(C) Silver
(D) none of these
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• Brass is an alloy of copper and?
(A) Iron
(B) Street
(C) Zinc
(D) Silver

• The most famous genetic disease that is associated with Queen Victoria
and circulated among European royalty was?
(A) Colour Blindness
(B) Haemophilia
(C) Austrian lip
(D) Down’s Syndrome

• Hepatitis C is a leading cause of?

(A) Chronic liver disease
(B) HIV
(C) AIDS
(D) Diabetes

• Whooping cough is caused by?

(A) Fungus
(B) Virus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Protozoa

• (-8)⁴ ?
(A) 256
(B) -32
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(C) -256
(D) 32

• lf x=4, y=2, then (x+y)² = ?

(A) 28
(B) 36
(C) 32
(D) 12

• 100/100000 ?
(A) .002
(B) .001
(C) .01
(D) .02

• Sohail sold his old car for Rs. 45,000. He had earlier bought it for Rs. 80,000.
What is his percentage loss?

(A) 44.5%
(B) 39.3%
(C) 48.4%
(D) 43.7%

• A man makes a late payment of his property tax of Rs. 30,000. He is late by 45
days and on each day he is required to pay an additional amount of 1% as a
penalty but up to a maximum penalty of 15%. if the principal amount of
property tax is less than Rs. 25,000. What is the total amount of penalty he is
required to pay?
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(A) 4,500
(B) 34,500
(C) 43,500
(D) 13,500